Gig-saddle



(No Model.)A n

F. N. HACKBTT.

GIG SADDLE.

M @om M1-m7 and transverse ribs or .top plan of the UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED. N. HACKETT, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GIG-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATIONforming par-tof Letters Patent No. 461,384, dated October 13, 1891.

Application iiled April 10, 1891.

T0 all whom. t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED. N. HACKETT, of the city ot Detroit, in the county of Wayne, in the State of Michigan, haveinvented acertain newand useful Improveinentin Gig-Saddies; and I do declare the following to be a specification thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. Y

Like letters indicate like parts.

Figure lis a view of a gig-saddle, p artly in front elevation and partly in section, on the lines fr and .es of Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 2 is a under iron of said saddle with the burr in position. Fig. 3 is a top plan of a portion of one of the flaps of the saddle, showing the slot and burr therein and, by dotted lines, the underiron in position. Fig. et is a side elevation of the under iron and the burr in combination. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the same on theline x of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an end eleva-tion of the underiron. Figs. -7 and S are respectivelya top plan and a side elevation of the burr.

My invention relates to saddlery, and particularly to that portion of a harness known as the gig-saddle.

It consists ofr an under iron having one or more elliptical slots lengthwise in the center stops on each side between said slots and the edges of the under iron, in combination with a burr and the other usual parts of agig-saddle, as hereinafter particularly specified. l

A represents the outer portions of a gigsaddle of usual construction, made preferably of leather. On each of the fiaps' an elongated or elliptical slot or oenin g a is made through the upper leather or covering, as fully shown in Fig. 3. The aps are padded upon the under side, as seen atB in Fig. 1. One of these pads is illustrated in said figure in side elevatiouand the other in section in the line z .z of Fig. 3. rlhe pads are filled with hair or other suitable substance, as usual. The under irons are stitfening-pieees, and serve also to hold in position the burrs which support the terrets.

My improvement more especially'refers to the under iron. It is marked C in the draw- Serial No. 388.392. (No model.)

ings. It is madeof metal and has a slightlyconcaved top and a slightly oonvex` bottom, as seen in Fig. G. Through the center, longitudinally, is one ormore slots h, elongated or elliptical in shape, as shown in Fig. 2. There are short ribs c located transversely upon the under surface, extending from the outer edge on each side to a line in continuation of the side lines of said slots ZJ. These ribs serve as stops. Small holes or openings CZ are made near the edges of the iron.

D is a burr, having the tubular portion e internally screw-threaded and the flanges f extending therefrom in two opposite directions, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. A terret E, having the usual ring C/,seat 7L, and shank on, which is screw-threaded at its end, is supported in the burr by the screw connection, as seen in elevation in Fig. l and in cross-seetion in Fig. 3.

A lining-piece F, preferably of leather, is tackedat n through the holes (l to the outer leather or covering of the flap, as seen in section in Fig; l. This lining F protects the hair or padding from the' movable parts and .affords a space for said parts. i

The parts are assembled as follows: When the under iron O has been properly placed and the lining-F is tacked to the flap through the holes in the iron C, a burr D is inserted longitudinally, end foremost, through the slot a of the flap and through a slot b of the under iron until the undersurface of the flanges f of said burr lies against the lining F. The burr D is then turned to the position indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, and the ribs c prevent it from turning too far. The iiangesf, underlying the iron C when in this position, prevent the burr from coming out, and, as they strike against one or more of the ribs c, are not permitted to turn too far. When the terret .E has been fastened by its shank m being screwed into the tubular portion e of the burr, the latter is tightly clamped by said screw connection and the forcible pressure of the seat h upon the exterior of the flap thereby caused. 4

`By this device a saddle is quickly in uch more trimmed than by the present methods, and e saving in time and expense is ef the errelJ E, having the seat; h and sarein eeted. threaded shank m, all arranged and operatro I claim as a novel and useful invention and ing substantially as and for the purpose specidesire to secure by Letters Patentfled.

5 In a gg-saddle,'tl1e combination of the flaps FRED. N. HACKETT.

having the openings a, the under iron C, `naw- Witnesses:

ing the elongated slots b and transverse ribs Mrs. A. E. TRACY,

@the flanged and screw-threaded bnrrD, and FRANK C. HACKETT. 

